Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-11

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The awful deed of self-destruction occurred
at S;25 Thursday morning, when all within
the jail was quiet, and but few persons were
present Mr.. Osborne, the death watch, first
responded to the report, and instantly there
was rush for Lingg's cell
The sorely wounded Anarchist lay upon
the floor of the cell, with the blood pouring
in torrents from the front of his head, which
was torn away, and the once handsome Dung
man was unrecognizable-he had no face
at all
He had arisen from his couch and, clothed
only in his night-shirt, stepped softly across
his cell, lifted in one hand what appeared to
be bundle of something, picked up very
small object with the other and then stepped
back to his bedside with the same stealthy
tread. The death-watch, Deputy Osborne
was sitting a few doors away from the cell
and appeared to be preoccupied He looked
sleepy Lingg no doubt believed no one was
looking at him. He did not proceed to dress
himself The small object he had picked up
he placed in his mouth, between his white
teeth He glanced around a moment then
arose from his ,itting posture and stepped
over toward the table. A small candle
burned in its socket on one corner
He seized it in one hand turned his face
toward the wall, as though he was lighting
the stub of a cigar. A little puff of smoke
wreathed for one instant around the bomb
makers curly head and seemed to envelop it
as in halo, and then a crash told what Lingg
had DONE
When picked up he was lying on his face
and be was turned over on his back As this
was done ejaculation of horror burst
forth at the horrible sight that met the gaze.
Lingg's entireslower jaw had been blown
away, the cheeks were torn out and hung
down in jagged pieces upon his neck, the
teeth were knocked out, the gums torn away,
and but small stumpof the tongue appeared
| protruding from the mangled throat In the
| upper part of the throat, Immediately under
the lower part of the jaw-bone a terrible gap
had been torn out from the inside The ball
of the thumb of the left hand, with which he
had touched off the explosive in his mouth,
| was torn open
| OF course the explosion aroused everybody
about the Jail, and soon the PROSTATE man
was surrounded by horror-stricken faces
| The deputy jailers, with remarkable prompt
| ness at such thrilling moment, picked up
the bleeding object and bore it into the bath
room off the jail-clerk's office, the blood
streaming from the arteries of the face and
| throat in torrents.
Here he was laid on an improvised bed and
DR.. Gray, assistant county physician, who
was in the insane ward, and DIR. Fenger were
summoned and in five minutes an attempt
was being made to stop the flow of blood.
Ether in large quantities was administered,
| and frequent injections of morphine were
made.
Lingg did no; suffer, but awful means heard
away into the cage fifty feet away came
from his throat-t could not be said that he
had any mouth or face at all, only the skin
from bis eyes downward was left, and this
tapped backward and forward as the physf
clans held him up TO keep him from choking,
and even the physicians, used to awful
sights, turned pale and sick at the sight Of
the hideous object before them
The physicians worked over Lingg fer ar
hour, and at l. 80 had the ragged portions Of
the face cut away and bandaged up. The
exposed and torn arteries were tied up and the
flap of skin-the front of his face-was taken
by the end and turned under and baudaged
The wounded man was held in sitting post
ure during this operation, and despite the
frequent injections, of morphine administered
he was conscious
At one time the physicians thought he
might possibly recover, but after noon he be
gan to sink, and at 2:45 p. m. he breathed his
last, conscious to the end While he was be
ing supported in reclining position soms
time before his death he took pencil from
reporter and wrote on strip of paper: q
can not breathe lying down. would rather
sit up" and these were his last and only
words.
His tongue was afterward found in the
cell, torn almost to pieces and blackened by
contact with the heat of the explosion.
coroner's jury was brought to the Jail at p
m and viewed the body, then adjourned tt
meet Wednesday next.
The question: SLOW did he get the cart
ridges' is at this writing unanswerable. Ths
implement Of destruction was metal cas-
filled with illuminate of mercury, and il
could have been passed into the prisoner
cell in many ways on account of its small
size The sheriff said: "He was Stripe,
and carefully searched Wednesday and tn
day before. 1t was little thing, you know
1t might have been concealed in his hair
That is the most probable theory. think
We took every possible care to prevent it."
The effect on the other prisoners was vari
GUS Parsons is reported to have said that h
would like to have similar cartridge, an
he would use it the same way. Eugel wa
unnerved and Fischer was stolid. They wer
all searched Immediately, taken from thei
cells and placed under the immediate an
close charge of bailiifs in the Office and libra
ry The Jail is closely watched by strong de
tachments Of police. ana the First and Sec
ond regiments, l. N. q. are under arms q
their armories.
AND WOMAN MUST WEEP"